Grammatical Analysis of Parallel Structure in English Language

Grammatical Analysis of Parallel Structure in English Language

Have you heard of parallel structure in English? This article is written to enlighten you on parallel structure.

Parallel structure refers to same word pattern within a sentence by repeating a chosen grammatical form. It emphasizes on the same level of importance of multiple ideas or information given in the same sentence.

If there are two or more numbers of information in a sentence, grammatical form of the first information must be followed to express the remaining ideas. In a parallel structure, multiple information is usually connected by coordinating conjunctions. A parallel structure can be constructed in word, phrase or clause level in different sentences.

Example:

Not Parallel: Ryan likes swimming (noun), hiking (noun), and to ride a motorcycle (phrase).

Parallel: Ryan likes swimming(noun), hiking(noun), and riding a motorcycle(noun)

Not Parallel: Students were asked to do their assignments quickly (adverb), accurately (adverb), and in a detailed manner (phrase).

Parallel: Students were asked to do their assignments quickly (adverb), accurately (adverb), and thoroughly (adverb).

The rule of parallel structure is that the words you want to connect must belong to the same part of speech as given above- this is what makes it "parallel".

Thanks for reading.


Alex O.O is a verified journalist, content creator, Poet, and a blogger He is a qualified language analyst and academic researcher. He has published more than 100 articles on different topics locally and externally.      

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